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Resources Useful for Teaching and Learning from Statistics NZ We live in a data driven society Data is increasingly a strategic asset Everyone wants more statistics and insights from the data we collect. But data has no value unless it is used
Everyone wants more statistics and insights from the data we collect.
Teaching and learning of Statistics must be grounded in real data and context to continue to be relevant.
Increasing knowledge and capability of users to understand and use statistics is important.
A lot of teaching and learning is about summary statistics. But you can’t learn to create them without unit records.
More products from last year’s census continue to be released. You can get information about your local neighbourhood in various formats.
You can view and download the information you want from large datasets. Some recently added datasets are from the Census and General Social Survey.
Unit record files have data for individual persons or units. Each row is a person and each column is a variable.
The 2006 Census birth cohort SURF. This dataset contains data of 10,000 newborns (less than one year old) on the night of the 2006 Census.
We create artificial people that have the same profiles, distributions, averages, and other statistical properties as the real data.
From the SURF for Schools section of the Statistics NZ website. There’s a data dictionary and explanatory notes about what it contains.
Made by a researcher from Auckland University, based on mixing and matching similar babies together.
Variables about the mums and dads (not necessarily biological parents) such as age, highest qualification, internet access, NZDep, home ownership
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dad's age mum's age
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Owner/part owner Does not own no mum
Internet access by mum's tenure
has internet access no internet access
Summary reports about New Zealand and its communities, with simple tables and facts about key topics, places, iwi, and ethnic groups
Data about a place or a topic in downloadable Excel table format, or in online table-building tool NZ.Stat
Statistics about New Zealand and its people in map form Definitions, metadata, and other explanatory information about the census
Click on dropdown arrow to make your selection
Additional information of the region
NZ Map with area unit boundaries
NZ Map with meshblock boundaries
Photo view of meshblocks